Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Morningside Heights

West Harlem Council Candidates Want Bike-Share, Complete 125th Street SBS

By Stephen Miller | Jul 10, 2013 | 21 Comments

Candidates for a City Council seat on the west side of Upper Manhattan expressed support for bike-share expansion and complete Select Bus Service on 125th Street at a campaign forum last night. Some candidates urged the city to restore the original SBS plan and extend the bus lane west, after DOT curtailed its proposal to the delight of […]

Three Pedestrians and One Cyclist Dead in Weekend of Vehicular Violence

By Brad Aaron | Oct 1, 2012 | 6 Comments

Three pedestrians and one cyclist have been killed in the city since Friday night. Two drivers fled the scene, and two were reportedly exonerated by NYPD. At approximately 11:30 p.m. Sunday, Mary Gater was on the sidewalk on Jamaica Avenue near Sutphin Boulevard when an 85-year-old motorist, eastbound on Jamaica, “lost control” of a Chrysler […]

Community Board 9 Endorses Car-Free Park Trial, Reverses Committee Vote

By Noah Kazis | Jun 17, 2011 | No Comments

Manhattan Community Board 9 became the latest to endorse a car-free Central Park trial last night. By a vote of 32-9 with five abstentions, the board overwhelmingly overturned the 2-1 vote of its transportation committee, which had been the only committee in the borough not to endorse the plan thus far. CB 9 is the […]

Will Two CB 9 Members Be Enough to Derail Car-Free Central Park Trial?

By Noah Kazis | Jun 3, 2011 | 4 Comments

Despite the impressive shows of support from three Manhattan community boards over the last two weeks, the effort to take cars off of the Central Park loop for a summer-long trial hit a major snag last night. In a resounding vote of two to one with two abstentions, the transportation committee of CB 9 voted […]

Eyes on the Street: Columbia on the Lookout for Bike Thieves

By Brad Aaron | Oct 13, 2009 | 6 Comments

Streetsblog regular Glenn McAnanama sent in a flier from Columbia University police [PDF] alerting faculty, staff and students to a recent bike theft. Video stills like the one at right appear to show a man — pictured more clearly on the flier — walking away with a bike after removing the front wheel. (Hal would […]

The Tease Is Over: Greenway Link Delivers Delayed Gratification

By Ben Fried | Oct 21, 2008 | 14 Comments

We received two reports last night that the West Harlem Piers bike path — a critical link in the Hudson River Greenway — is finally open after several months of puzzling delay. (NYCEDC informed Streetsblog last week that the hold up was indeed due to problems securing materials for a safety rail.) Now the construction […]

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